Pithoragarh: The Kumaon sector in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district on Friday launched its first neighborhood radio station (CRS), Panchshul Pulse, a voice of the border communities — mixing climate ideas, cultural hits, and village tales with an entire lot of coronary heart.
Inaugurated by basic officer commanding-in-chief of central command Lt Gen Anindya Sengupta, this new 88.4 FM is an initiative by the Indian Military
Inaugurated by basic officer commanding-in-chief of central command Lt Gen Anindya Sengupta, this new 88.4 FM radio – it’s tagline is “Hill se Dil Tak” (from hills to the guts) – is an initiative by the Indian Military to advertise native heritage, and disseminate real-time, correct info too.
“Named after the majestic Panchshul mountain range, the station reflects the resilience and rooted identity of the border region. The initiative aligns with the Government of India’s Vibrant Villages Programme, which emphasises development, connectivity, and awareness in India’s border areas,” Lieutenant Colonel Manish Shrivastava, public relations officer, defence (Dehradun) stated.
Positioned within the border district of Pithoragarh, Panchshul Pulse will operate as a “communication bridge” between the Indian Military, civil administration, and residents of distant Himalayan villages. Broadcasting in native dialects, the station will characteristic numerous programming.
The programming will embody discussions on native points, improvement wants, and authorities welfare schemes, interviews with villagers, youth, veterans, ladies leaders, and armed forces personnel, cultural exhibits that includes Kumaoni traditions, people music, Bollywood and Hindi songs, festivals, and oral histories, consciousness programmes on training, healthcare, digital literacy, catastrophe administration, and climate alerts and fact-based info to counter misinformation and hostile narratives impacting border communities.
Lt Gen Sengupta urged the locals to actively help Panchshul Pulse and make it the “heartbeat of the border communities, uniting people and preserving their unique cultural identity.”
“It will also act as a key platform to update tourists and locals on weather and road conditions, as well as address community concerns”, he added.
“The radio station aims to create goodwill between inhabitants of border region and Indian army by focusing on history, culture, society, agriculture horticulture and other professions being taken by locals in border region besides highlighting brave soldiers, sportspersons and socio-cultural activists from the border region,” station supervisor of FM radio station Manish Singhal stated.
“The community radio station being run by Indian army under Operation Sadbhawana, can be heard at 88.4 FM and it will cover a surrounding range of 12 km from the station,” Singhal added.